Book Review: 'Ali in Wonderland' by Ali Wenworth

A hilarious new memoir.

By Lynn Schnurnberger

Photograph: Bryan McCay

In her sharp, hilarious new memoir, Ali in Wonderland (Harper), Ali Wentworth, actress, comedian and daughter of President Reagan’s White House social secretary, tells tales of her Waspy boarding school education, adventures in parenting and clumsy encounters with Washington’s elite. You’ll want to pass along her sage advice: Meeting a decent man (like her husband, George Stephanopoulos) is akin to tapping and sniffing a good melon—you just know.